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Too bad when you hear about high rated guys leaving the program. To me it is indicative of both good and bad elements. The good being players are beating him out for in-game reps. The bad is that this was a recruiting miss.
 
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As a general rule, I would think, OK, if we are going to take a 5'9" defensive back, then he had better be a 4 star, or have a 42 inch vertical and 4.4 speed. Neither of those two options look at Iowa State very often, so essentially you just don't take 5'9" DBs. Admittedly, Datrone Young has been an exception, he is very good, but you still can't say that another 3 inches wouldn't make him better. (I know, TWSS!)
 
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If he comes back, I hope he puts in the work to see the field. If he leaves, good luck to him wherever he goes. He was highly rated, but sometimes the timing or the fit just doesn't work.
 
LarryISU said:
As a general rule, I would think, OK, if we are going to take a 5'9" defensive back, then he had better be a 4 star, or have a 42 inch vertical and 4.4 speed. Neither of those two options look at Iowa State very often, so essentially you just don't take 5'9" DBs. Admittedly, Datrone Young has been an exception, he is very good, but you still can't say that another 3 inches wouldn't make him better. (I know, TWSS!)
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We took Reeves but I think he may have had a 50 inch vertical and was out of his mind in terms of athleticism
 
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LarryISU said:
As a general rule, I would think, OK, if we are going to take a 5'9" defensive back, then he had better be a 4 star, or have a 42 inch vertical and 4.4 speed. Neither of those two options look at Iowa State very often, so essentially you just don't take 5'9" DBs. Admittedly, Datrone Young has been an exception, he is very good, but you still can't say that another 3 inches wouldn't make him better. (I know, TWSS!)
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Morton ran a 10.65 100m in high school, and I’m reasonably sure that translates to a 4.4 40.

Probably time for you to stop underestimating ISU.
 
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Morton ran a 10.65 100m in high school, and I’m reasonably sure that translates to a 4.4 40.

Probably time for you to stop underestimating ISU.
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Not underestimating, just stating a fact. I am starting a list of our 4 star defensive backs in say the last 5 years::

OK, 10 years:

Now 15 years:

Just a fact, that 4 star DBs don't congregate at Iowa State.
 
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LarryISU said:
As a general rule, I would think, OK, if we are going to take a 5'9" defensive back, then he had better be a 4 star, or have a 42 inch vertical and 4.4 speed. Neither of those two options look at Iowa State very often, so essentially you just don't take 5'9" DBs. Admittedly, Datrone Young has been an exception, he is very good, but you still can't say that another 3 inches wouldn't make him better. (I know, TWSS!)
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No he wasn't a 4 Star but he was considered one of the best CB's in the Midwest when Iowa State picked him up.
 
brett108 said:
We took Reeves but I think he may have had a 50 inch vertical and was out of his mind in terms of athleticism
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Tough to compare that staff's recruiting to the current one. That said, Reeves was a freak, if he were 5'9, he'd probably have stuck in the NFL. He had NFL skill and athleticism. Him matching up with the 6'9 TE from army (who plays OL in the NFL now) as a frosh was super entertaining to watch. Pretty rare to see a 14 in ht difference in football.
 
LarryISU said:
Not underestimating, just stating a fact. I am starting a list of our 4 star defensive backs in say the last 5 years::

OK, 10 years:

Now 15 years:

Just a fact, that 4 star DBs don't congregate at Iowa State.
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Can you make a flow chart for the coaches? If a 5'9" guys is better than the 6'0" guy, do we take the 6'0" guy? Is there a height delta that we should take the worse guy, 3", 4", 5" ,Etc? Do we take the 5'9" guy and start telling everyone he grew 7" over the summer ala Iowa Basketball?
 
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LarryISU said:
Not underestimating, just stating a fact. I am starting a list of our 4 star defensive backs in say the last 5 years::

OK, 10 years:

Now 15 years:

Just a fact, that 4 star DBs don't congregate at Iowa State.
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Depending on the recruiting service, we’ve had a handful. Mostly JCs.
 
LarryISU said:
Not underestimating, just stating a fact. I am starting a list of our 4 star defensive backs in say the last 5 years::

OK, 10 years:

Now 15 years:

Just a fact, that 4 star DBs don't congregate at Iowa State.
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And then you went on with the “or have a 4.4 forty...”. Try to keep up with what you said yourself.
 
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